The Register
Transport for London to toughen up on taxi firms in the Uber age
The Register
Private-hire cab firms that want to operate in the capital will have to demonstrate how they protect riders' safety and data – and may still only get short-term licences, Transport for London has said. Under new rules proposed by TfL, private-hire ...
Transport for London to crackdown on Uber and private hire licence with new rulesCity A.M.
Transport for London Has New Rules for Uber and Other Ride-

Local Government Chronicle
Transport for the South East prepares to launch
Local Government Chronicle
Transport for the South East (TfSE) is preparing to launch as the overarching transport body representing those in the south-east but outside London. The new body, which will cover Berkshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent, will work with local ...

US judge hears sides in transport-hub case; Arkansas facility long litigated
Arkansas Online
A federal judge heard a few hours' worth of arguments Thursday from opponents and proponents of a plan to build an intermodal transportation facility south of Russellville that would cost upward of $50 million. Opponents say the project, which has been ...and more »

Dezeen
Germany to trial free public transport in bid to cut pollution
Dezeen
Germany is to make public transport cost-free in five of its major cities, as the government attempts to meet new pollution targets set by the EU. Bonn, Essen, Herrenberg, Reutlingen and Mannheim will begin trialling the free system by the end of the ...
germany to trial free public transport after failing to reduce toxic air-pollution levelsDesignboom
Germany outs proposal for free public transport in an effort to red

Connacht Tribune Group
Transport Authority rules out light rail for Galway City
Connacht Tribune Group
Galway City Tribune – The prospects of a Luas-type tram system being provided in Galway City have been derailed – the National Transport Authority has described it as “a highly inefficient solution” to the city's notorious traffic woes. TDs and ...and more »

The Nation
Tougher screening for public transport drivers
The Nation
Beginning on March 1, applicants for licences to drive public transport will have to submit a medical certificate in a form approved by the Medical Council of Thailand. The Department of Land Transport announced this week that the aim is to standardise ...and more »

Liverpool Echo
Merseyside bus miles fall - but transport bosses vow to get people back
Liverpool Echo
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7 children taken to hospital after school transport van rolls in Hyde Park
My Fox Boston
BOSTON – Several children were taken to the hospital Thursday after the school transport van they were in crashed and rolled into its side. The crash happened around 4 p.m. on River Street in Hyde Park when a Volvo SUV swerved in front of the van ...and more »

Macau Daily Times
Transport | More than half of mopeds failed 2017 inspection
Macau Daily Times
From the 906 vehicles subjected to random inspections for road safety and pollution in 2017, the vehicle category that had the highest compliance with regulations failure rate was mopeds (50cc light motorcycles). According to the data provided ...

FiveAA
SA slashes public transport fares
SBS
The South Australian government is slashing the cost of public transport, giving it the cheapest fares in the nation, Premier Jay Weatherill says. Updated Updated 6 hours ago. Cuts to public transport prices in South Australia will give frequent ...
Public Transport In Adelaide Is About To Get Cheaper!FiveAAall 2 news articles »

The Advertiser
Cheaper public transport tickets offered to regular commuters ...
The Advertiser
REGULAR public transport users will travel cheaper from April – but those who hop on and off ad hoc won't see any price relief. Premier Jay Weatherill on Friday announced a cut to the price of a 28-day Adelaide Metro pass from $124.50 to $99. The ...and more »

The Times
Uber hails its own move from taxis to public transport
The Times
Uber is seeking to take control of bus, bike and underground train networks as part of its goal to become the dominant source of urban transport. Commuters could travel seamlessly between locations using all forms of public and private transport if ...
Uber users could end up on BUSES as boss suggests public transport system combined with ride-sharing techThe Sunall 30 news articles »

IoT Evolution World (blog)
OpenPort Joins Blockchain in Transport Alliance
IoT Evolution World (blog)
OpenPort, the digital logistics platform that uses blockchain technology to transform domestic distribution in emerging markets, today announced that it has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), the forum for the development of blockchain ...
OpenPort Joins the Blockchain in Transport Alliance to Further Transform the Logistics IndustryPayment Weekall 2 news articles »

County approves body transport services - Troy Daily News
Troy Daily News
MIAMI COUNTY — While approving a service agreement during their meeting Thursday afternoon, the Miami County Board of Commissioners had to take into account the effect of the opioid epidemic on the needs of the Miami County Coroner. Commissioners ...and more »

The Guardian
Airbus incurs €1.3bn charge for delay in delivering military transport planes
The Guardian
A pilot looks out the window of a RAF Airbus A400M at Fairford, England. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images. Airbus has taken a new €1.3bn (£1.1bn) charge on its troubled A400M military aircraft programme – taking its total losses on the project to ...and more »

EW.com
Netflix's throwback dramedy Everything Sucks! will transport you to the '90s
EW.com
“Our show is like the parts of Stranger Things where they're hanging out just playing Dungeons and Dragons and there's no monsters,” says Ben York Jones, co-creator of Everything Sucks!, Netflix's new 1990s-set teen drama. Taking place in the small ...and more »

MultiDyne Updates Bulk Fiber Transport System for Hot-Swappable Conversions at 2018 NAB Show
TV Technology
Hauppauge, NY, February 15, 2018 — MultiDyne Fiber Optic Solutions has added greater conversion capability to VF-9000 fiber transport platform for bulk transport in advance of the 2018 NAB Show, which marks the North American debut of the system. The ...

CNBC
Truckin' along: Transport stocks should be bought on the dip, market watcher says
CNBC
Transportation stocks are seeing a volatile start to 2018, but some say any weakness should be bought. The Dow Jones transportation average is now just barely negative on the year, but as recently as Friday it was down 14 percent from its 2018 highs ...and more »

Financial Times
Uber chief executive says group about more than car transport
Financial Times
Uber's new chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi plans to expand the company into buses, bikes and all forms of transportation, he said at a conference outlining his long-term vision for Uber for the first time since being named chief executive last August ...and more »

EURACTIV
Berlin downplays smog-beating free transport idea
EURACTIV
Germany's environment ministry said it would be up to local municipalities to do most of the leg work. [Ugis Riba / Shutterstock]. Comments Print. The German government on Wednesday (14 February) sought to play down plans to introduce free public ...
Can free public transport really reduce pollution?Deutsche Welle
Germany Considers Free Public Transport to Curb PollutionU.S. News & World Report
German cities to trial free p

Cell biology: Scientists fill in a piece of the copper transport puzzle
Science Daily
Date: February 14, 2018; Source: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Summary: Researchers have identified the protein that carries copper into mitochondria, where copper is required for the functioning of the cell's energy ...

Financial Times
London's transport is vital to the capital's future
Financial Times
It might not always feel like it but London has a comparatively good transport system. Transport for London fulfils the onerous task of keeping the UK's capital, with a population of 8.8m, moving. The public body was responsible last year for 1.4bn ...and more »

High performance networking and messaging interoperability simplifies goods exchange throughout EuropeUtrecht/Brussels, 12 February 2018 – A host of new customers making use of Hit Rail connectivity and interoperability solutions has significantly improved the interconnection of European Railway Undertakings (RUs) and Infrastructure Managers (IMs), helping to facilitate rail freight movements across Europe. Five new contracts signed in 2017 with companies from three countries see Hit Rail&

In Uganda, unions are helping to drive transport workers into decent work
Equal Times
Three years ago, Samuel Mugisha almost quit his job. As the driver of a motorbike taxi (known locally as a boda-boda) in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, rampant police harassment was having a huge, negative impact on his daily earnings. But today ...

Independent.ie
Feuding gangsters using 12-year-olds to transport drugs
Independent.ie
Children as young as 12 are being recruited by criminals linked to the Hutch-Kinahan feud to transport drugs. The head of the Implementation Board set up to help revive Dublin's north inner city has warned "quick wins" are needed to help young people ...and more »

The Hindu
Transport Minister accuses Senthil Balaji of mismanagement
The Hindu
Transport Minister M. R. Vijayabhaskar on Thursday alleged that the financial mismanagement and misguidance of then minister V. Senthil Balaji between 2011 and 2015, had cast a shadow on the financial health of transport corporations. Countering Mr ...and more »

Green Left Weekly
We can fix the public transport crisis
Green Left Weekly
The transport system in Australia is in crisis. The push by governments and the private roads lobby to build more tollways, sell off our public transport to the big corporations is worsening services, raising costs and creating a transport impasse for ...and more »

CTV Vancouver Island
Transport Canada to review data shedding new light on Victoria harbour pollution
CTV Vancouver Island
Transport Canada has taken notice of new data suggesting Victoria's harbour is the most polluted body of water along B.C.'s coastline. The department, which has jurisdiction over the harbour, says it will carefully review the information released ...and more »

Pickle
Commuter schooled by transport worker after trying to push past ...
Pickle
When Amit Patel, who is blind, was heading down the escalators to a train station in London, he had his guide dog Kika with him. Kika was by his side, dutifully keeping him safe as he tried to go about his day. This is Kika, by the way: Dad wasn't ...and more »

Irish Post
Irishman's wedding entrance video goes viral after choosing unusual mode of transport
Irish Post
AN IRISHMAN has become an online hit for his wedding entrance, arriving at the church on a tractor accompanied by a fleet of ride-on lawnmowers. The unusual mode of transport was fitting for Co. Down groom Scott Watson, who works as a greenkeeper ...and more »

OPINION: Transport Women on the year ahead
Big Rigs
WITH all the happenings in the transport industry at this time - the tragic accidents, the changes to chain of responsibility laws, the introduction of electronic work diaries, the building of the industry master code, the lack of rest areas and the ...

Blockchain in Transport Alliance partners with finance trade group
DC Velocity
Teaming up with Wall Street Blockchain Alliance will allow BiTA to be logistics industry "help desk," group says. By Ben Ames. 0 Comments. Logistics technology trade group Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) said Tuesday it will partner with the ...

Free public transport for older adults tied to less depression - Reuters
Reuters
By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock(Reuters Health) - Eliminating cost as a barrier to getting around town may improve the mental health of older adults by reducing loneliness and lack of social engagement, suggests a UK study that followed over 18000 people ...and more »

The Sydney Morning Herald
Cheaper public transport for Queensland veterans
The Sydney Morning Herald
About 19,000 Queensland veterans can now access cheaper public transport in Queensland, with the introduction of a white card concession scheme. From Friday, Department of Veteran Affairs white card holders will receive a 50 per cent discount on public ...and more »

Budapest Business Journal
Car sharing fills a niche in Budapest transport
Budapest Business Journal
Recently launched car sharing services in Budapest are experiencing healthy demand on the market. Currently there are two players, and the competition has just begun, business daily Világgazdaság reported today. The car sharing service of oil and gas ...

The Jerusalem Post
Most want minimarkets, public transport on Shabbat, poll finds
The Jerusalem Post
According to the poll, 61% of the Jewish public thinks minimarkets should be allowed to open on Shabbat. 2 minute read. Share on facebook. Share on twitter. Most want minimarkets, public transport on Shabbat, poll finds. This minimarket in Tel Aviv ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Heathrow landing charges could be capped at expanded airport ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Airport charges at an expanded Heathrow could be capped by the industry regulator, according to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling as he revealed the Government would soon welcome proposals for southern rail access.and more »

Bloomberg
Airbus Reboots A400M Transport-Plane Contract to 'Stop Bleeding ...
Bloomberg
Airbus SE won a pledge from customers of its troubled A400M transport plane to renegotiate terms of Europe's biggest military program, seeking a reset after years of cost overruns and performance setbacks.and more »

Statistics Netherlands (press release) (blog)
Container transport up, surge in transhipment
Statistics Netherlands (press release) (blog)
07/02/2018 15:00 During the first three quarters of 2017, inbound container transport to the Netherlands increased by 13 percent on average relative to the same period in 2016. Transhipment activity – onward transportation of unloaded containers to ...

The Association For Driving Licence Verification (www.ADLV.co.uk) is to work closely with the DVLA on the implementation of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) for the ADD service. By helping to explain the GDPR rules for its members’ fleet customers, the ADLV believes that discussions will help to define the industry standard.The ADLV will support members with an advisory document for fleet managers, which will include such topics as: The content of Privacy Notices on how...Source:

The Star
Claims for transport plans are a fantasy
The Star
Transport for the North spokespeople describe their Strategic Transport Plan in glowing terms, (“Ambitious transport plans to boost region's economy by £100bn”, January 22.) Unfortunately their claims of the economic benefits it will bring are an ...

Jakarta Post
East Java transport museum adds new US 'muscle' to car collection
Jakarta Post
East Java transport museum adds new US 'muscle' to car collection The newly arrived 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS at the Transportation Museum in Kota Batu, East Java, is one of only six units that the American carmaker reportedly made. (shutterstock.com ...